Well, this is odd. Remember Rebecca’s aerial photos from a few days ago? See the second photo? That lake dealie? As it turns out, that’s Mono Lake. A fact that I did not realize until after I had picked my Mammoth-related photos (which happened to include Mono Lake photos) and posted. Here’s Google Maps to confirm.

WEIRD.

It’s a bit odd to find that sort of coincidence in people who aren’t In A Relationship (which we are not). Well, *I* am in a relationship, but not with anyone whose name begins with an “R”.

Synchronicity amongst your photographers is a GOOD thing. Especially during a wedding. And much quieter than walkie-talkies!

This is the time of year that I start thinking about Mammoth Lakes, California. Mammoth is a little ski town up in the Sierra Nevada Mountains about 60 miles from Yosemite National Park. My grandparents have had a little cabin there since the 70’s, and I’ve been lucky enough to be able to go up there just about every year since then.

They’re getting a little older now, so I help them open the cabin in May or June, once the snow melts enough so we’re actually able to get at it. It’s a summer cabin, which means that in the winter it’s covered by up to 20 feet of snow. All of that snow is pretty heavy, so when we close the for the winter, we need to shutter the windows with inch-thick pine shutters to keep the windows from breaking, and we need to reinforce the roof with metal poles at strategic locations to keep the roof from caving in. We also need to do fun things like remove the chimney so it doesn’t get crushed and warped by the snow. And of course, opening it is the same thing in reverse, plus cleaning. And dusting. Lots and lots of dusting.

It’s a lot of work, but it’s a beautiful little cabin, and it’s worth the effort. It’s one of my favorite places on earth, and since the snow is starting to melt, I thought I’d share a little bit of it with you.

(The lake photos are of Mono Lake, and the structures are tufa).